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Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743502
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733558
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732562
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730717
Ökumenisches Chorbuch zu drei Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 586141
Ausgabe für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 608118
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733556
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730710
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730709
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753810
Köln 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751454
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373934
Sinfonia Sacra
Music for Brass (Robert King) 602 S
King's Chapel Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds (10 parts) [organ]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 475106
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753813
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753811
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751459
Görlitz 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751456
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 735643
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Music score
Item no.: 731579
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744754
Aus dem Eichsfeld, um 1600
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 742324
op. 22/1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733559
Aus Tirol
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732447
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744751
Melodie aus dem 11. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751448
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373395
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375040
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374262
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Music score
Item no.: 731578
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730714
60 Chorsätze zum Advent für gemischten Chor (Seniorenchor SATB/SAM) (z.T. mit Klavier (Orgel)
Bosse Seniorenchor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 678961
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733557
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753812
for: Choral
Item no.: 1372565
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375041
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374261
Neue Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630507
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
Aus Böhmen
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740055
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753817
Aus Salzburg
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751455
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373394
Schlusschor der Kantate "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722939
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376704
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374260
Bamberger Gesangbuch 1670
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732561
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